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There has always been an option to install Help during the VS setup from "ISO". The ISO, by the way, has to burned to disk before any setup can take place.
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Or mount it with a tool that does that.
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Wish someone told Microsoft
Can't think it, but I've tried a some futile approaches to obtaining a non-eval version of 8.1 that was "just released" in the Windows Store.
This link[^] has an "Update now" button, that does nothing other than open my metro style Windows Store on whatever page I last had it open. Can't find it under updates. Can't find it under apps.
Anyone else having any luck?
EDIT: After updating windows the link mentioned above worked, but I ended up downloading the MSDN version anyway (for redistribution purposes)
modified 18-Oct-13 3:36am.
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MatthysDT wrote: Can't find it under updates. Can't find it under apps.
Sounds like my experience of Windows 8. Couldn't find any ruddy thing.
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Could it be the download is so popular with their customers that the amount of people downloading have broken the server / link? Who would of thought people wanted a start button! 
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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It was so popular that the downloads flew off the shelves! ...they're fresh out... 
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Apparently there's two main reasons if it doesn't show in the store:
1. You're missing a prerequisite update.
2. Your using a version of Win8 that is either:
a) Enterprise
b) Pro, installed by using KMS activation
c) Installed using an MSDN ISO
In which case I believe you need the ISO for 8.1 to update.
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
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Your first point seems the most likely, my PC is updated via our WSUS server in the office, will try checking for updates from MS directly.
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I could be mistaken, but I think it is being rolled out, so it's possible that the roller[^] hasn't gotten to you yet.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Apparently! But in real...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is (V).
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Ehm,"non-eval" Version?
you mean the preview Version?
i´ve used the Windows store today on my surface.
why do you not use the store?
i´m a bit confused...   
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And you want Windows 8 why exactly???
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Kevin Marois wrote: And you want Windows 8 why exactly???
[Heavy sarcasm] Gotta love the forcibly full screen "apps" and the beautiful metro tiles. [/Heavy sarcasm]
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
modified 17-Oct-13 14:35pm.
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Kevin Marois wrote: And you want Windows 8 why exactly???
To write store apps?
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Kevin Marois wrote: And you want Windows 8 why exactly???
As opposed to? And don't you dare say Mac! 
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Windows 7
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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MSDN?
The 8.1 update didn't show up in the Windows Store for me either. I had to download it from MSDN Subscriber Downloads. I downloaded 3.5 GB in about 20 minutes, so I cannot complain.
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I just went to Microsoft.com and they had a big banner.
I installed it on one of my test machines. The install mostly went fine until it got to the interactive setup; instead of simply using the features and user account already there, it gave me some rather confusing options. Once installed, I didn't notice any difference (I'm used to the start screen and don't care about having a pseudo start button and I don't understand how lazy people can be when wanting to boot to the desktop--you really can't just click on the massive desktop tile or press the Windows key?)
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According to Microsoft's Store, they'll ship the 4GB/64GB model by 10/22, the 4GB/128GB by 10/25, and the 2 versions with 8GB will ship by 12/15
So..do you interpret this as a sign of great demand, of manufacturing problems, or something else entirely?
Meantime, Best Buy is showing the Haswell version of the Lenovo Yoga with 8GB and a 256GB SSD for $1,199 online. Unfortunately, it's "not available online" and no store within a couple of hundred miles has it, so...
What's taking manufacturers so long to get their Haswell-based products into wide availability?
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Duke Carey wrote: or something else entirely?
Creating artificial demand.
Hoping any buyers of the lesser systems will find any problems before they start selling the pricey ones.
When my wife and I were at the Microsoft Store she liked the Surface, so one will likely replace her Vista laptop -- and there'll be much rejoicing.
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Remember, they have to go back to the landfill site and look for them, dig them up, and see if they can fool enough people into buying one.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Oh why, oh why is there no down voting allowed in the Lounge.
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why voting sth down what is so amusing because of it´s lack of knowledge...
furthermore, there should be an ironical upvote button...
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Clodetta del Mar wrote: here should be an ironical upvote button...
"I voted you up but I didn't mean it"?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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No.
More like "I voted someone up because of, let´s say, an admirable blindfolded statement"...
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